Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-08

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THE TREASURY SCALE. and they have
weighed, | am told, about 500, 900, 600
They are six feet high. A round brass roo
uphOlds them and the frame work is o.
mahogany. They are so finely hung
that in a draft of $1,000 the los
of ten cents worth of silver
can be detected. They cost 81, 500. The
silver is thrown into a sort of bowl-likt
scoop, which looks much like brass wash
basin. If the weight is more or less than
| the estimate the money has to be counted
and when the new Treasurer is appointed
every dollar in the Treasury will have tC
he gone over again, as it was when Mr.
Jordan came in. 1t took forty expert
counters and a number of clerks nearly
three weeks TO count the paper money IL
the Treasury then, and it took over week
to count the gold and silver in the vaults
The count ut this time will be much
longer, rs there is more money to III
counted.
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This big vault is one story below the
level OF he street, and | asked the assist
ant treasurer whether he was not afraid
that it might be robbed. He replied
NO The vault rests on solid IOunda
ton of stone and cement, and it's floor /:
made OF six inches of chilled iron and steel
the walls are of thick masonry, and there
are passages around the whole Of it. Il
would not be possible to tunnel under thI
treasury from the outside except at an i'm
menSc expense, running high into the
thousands and tens of thousands of dollars
Watchmen are present ut all times, and q
| touch of an electric bell would summon
| the guards from all quarters of the treas
ury to the vault This big vault has double
doors. lis walls are four feet thick and o
| solid granite, aud the safe doors are fastened
/ by time locks of such a character that they
are safe from dynamite The vaults Of TIN
treasury have never been ritled in any way
and during eleven years not Il dollar ha'
been lest.
saw Ben Butler the other day. VIVA
a curious old cOdger he is! He wore
| heavy tur OvercOat, which was wrapped
about his form like an old wOman's cloak
and lac bad fur cap pulled down almos
to the edge of his cooked eye. lie wa
| laughing heartily and his great abdomen
was shaking like bowl of Jelly when
saw him. ] was talking to Tennessee
Congressman when he passed me, and tn
Congressman asked me if had ever hearl
of the letter which the Hon. Robert l.
Ioouey wrote Butler when he was elected
Governor OF Massachusetts. Said he
Butler was not ut all liked in Tennessee
and after the war closed there was M
name more OdiOus than his. LOOney is
very prominent Democrat OF Memphis, AM
| he has been talked OF rs a candidate 10
! United States Senator. Tie denounCeD
Butler mp to the time of his election a
Governor of Massachusetts, and then wa
SO glad over the defeat of the Republican
that he toTgayc him. He wrote to Butte
congTatulating him as follows
"GoySrnor Benjamin F. Butler:
We Tcnncssccaus all thank God you hav
! been elected. II you did steal them spoon, yo
are welcome 10 keep them. X. l.. l0OSEN
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The most applause ever heard at
circus in Tennessee" the Congressman
went on, occurred in response to jok
on Ben Butler and his spoons. The circu
is attended by all classes in Tennessee, an,
the people 20 TO it rs freely as they do +
the theaters in the North. At this Circu
one Of the features was q cage Of perform
inc rats. There was Il long pole place,
upon couple OF chairs, aud at the end o
this, with doors opening out upon it, wa
placed little pigeon box made up of fOu
or five compartments, with hOle each TAG
ing the. pole. The Snowman stood at tn
other end Of the pole from the box, ant
after dilating on the wonder he was abOu
To show. he waved his wand aud said
Gen. K. F.. Lee, come forth. At this bi
rat came ont of one of the holes, walked sc
dately from one end of the pole to the Othe
and back again into his hole Then tn
Snowman said: General StOnewall Jack
son come forth 4 second rat Responded
from a second hole, and went through tn
same performance. Gen. Joe Johnston
| Gen. Grant and one or two others wer
represented in the same way, and when tn
Snowman said: 4 will now show you tn
greatest curiosity of them all. Gen. Bel
| Butler, we want to see yOu.' At this a
old gray rat with a shaved head AM
PAINTED eye came out with little spOO
in his mouth, and trotted up to the pole
The audience went wild. They encored til
rat Ben Butler again and again, and it wa
the greatest feature of the circus"
| heard good story of Postmaster Gen
eral Villas yesterday. Representative
Carleton, of Michigan, had had som
trouble in regard TO postal clerk in hi
| district, and the man had been removed,
think at his suggestion. Villas, TO earle
toms surprise, appointed n man from an
other district, and Carleton, in cOmpan,
with Representatives Maybury aud Tim
othv TarSeney, had come to protest againS
the appointment. Villas, however, SCENE,
obdurate, and would not change the up
pointment to snit Carleton. Al last Tim
othy Tarseney, who has made such a repu
tation as a wit, leaned over from his chair
and looking Villas stright in the eye, said
"Mr. William Villas, know only one stor.
| that fits this case, and that is one which re
| ITtes To political convention in Illinois II
which Bill Morrison was a leading figure
Morrison had adopted policy which wa
contrary to the opinions Of his friends. HI
was obstinate in it and no one could NOV
him. At last an old Irishman, who ha,
long been a friend Of Morrison, and VIII
had ALWAYS voted with him, came up +
him. He threw his arm around Morrison
shoulder and said: See here, Bill, yo
know / am wild We, and you know | al
wild We whether ye're right or wrong IAN
here Timothy leaned still closer to Villas
] but, Bill, try and he right this time
Villas SAW the point and leaned back i
his chair, roaring with laughter. Th
story put him in such good humor ths
he changed the appointment and gave it t
one of Carleton's friends.
FRANK e.. CARPENTER.
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